Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-15
coal, and that with their own maoh,ners

SoHAg NhA boNs WIN tACkk pWh AuuO4Ah0AS
they have demonstrated to their own
satisfaotion that the vein SO lies Gs so be
readily and profitably mined. They
say that they have suspended pros
peoting work for the present TO turn
their attention to putting down large
shaft on the school eection-lying within
the Huron city Incorporation--and
perhaps another at the same time on the
east side OF the James river, with view
to immediate practical mining. They
are gentleman who apparently pay their
bills as they go, aud so conduct them
selves as to excite very little discussion
as to their general character and busi.
ness standing. They are evidently, to
all appearance, preparing to sink shaft
They Represents that it will take about
four or five mouths 60 do this.
AS they ask no favor of the public, ex-
oept the apparently very small one of
the exclusive right to mine on few
selected quarter sections of land, the
Leases beng carefully guarded nm
der the direction of attorneys IN behalf
oil the land owners, they do
not open the way for the
public to be too inouisieive
regarding what appears 60 be their
.
communicative to lnqairers, seeming TO
have nothing to cover up, and ON the main
questions speak as confidently as She
Experienced well digger OF the section
might on the subject OF striking water.
! 1he points against us are: First, that
i5the "scientiste" don't just see how the
coal can be herel Bas both Hayden and
| Winchelf declared there were no precious
metals in the Black Hills worth working
forl and this writer remembers very veil
an afternoon spent with Meior Powell
in which it was agreed that the Black
Hills had no value es either an agricul.
turai or mining region. Crops could
not be raised west OF the Tooth meridian
without constant irrigation. and the
gold WAS not in paying quanitea Second
| the Huron people have taken almost nc
paias at alt TO investigate the matter
sor themselves. 10 watch the driliipga
night and day, with microscope in hand
with enoh skill as to testify once cell
that coal is struck of such quantity and
quality and under such circumstances as
TO make ITS mining practicable and
involves trouble and expense. This
trouble and expense Huron has moi
4 thought worth while to incur, while out
side, practical men were dong Is ell on
their own hook. Third. Huron ha.
taken no pains to investigate the ante
i cedents and character of She men operat-
4 ing here. Their behavior has been that
industrious business gentlemen, ant
they have made no appeal to public
recognition or confidence that challenged
any such investigation, They certainly
impress people generally that they ar,
truthful, and skiiifnl IN their line, if theI
are, there is no earthly question abon
the coal find. This hunt for coal i
J distinguished from ell others of whicl
We are aware in southeast Dakota. b,
the fact that it is made by outside
practical miners of coal, who have n,
other business in hsnd. They have Lift
y long familiarity with 'tsurface indiea.
tions," and understand their value
They understand tho work of the drIl
and Its limited value. They understand
the shaft and its immense cost, the min
! and its difficulties. They have no tow
or lands to boom, but are apparently
bent on the one thing OF developing
: fortune by the one thing of deyeiopin
: cheap coal, hero where it is n1ightil
: needed. Central Dakota people ha7
great reason for faith in the Huron COZ
, find. But whether they believe or no'
since they bave no trouble or expense t
incur, they ought to be able to We
> patiently about six months when th
4 question will be settled.